Panthers end Tigers’ season
Posted: June 8, 2009
GRANITE CITY — The Edwardsville Tigers and O’Fallon Panthers climbed in
the ring for round three Thursday night at Nelson Hagnauer Sports Complex in
Granite City — and they didn’t disappoint.
[Full Story]
Long ball lifts E’ville
Posted: June 8, 2009
BELLEVILLE — Edwardsville Tiger softball coach Lori Blade is usually
by-the-book when it comes to sacrificing baserunners, moving them into
better scoring positions.
[Full Story]
Season ends for track Tigers
Posted: June 1, 2009
As a coach, Edwardsville Tiger first-year track skipper Chad Lakatos was
hoping for more from his team at the Class 3A Boys’ State Track Meet Friday.
[Full Story]
Run comes to an end for EHS
Posted: June 3, 2009
CHICAGO — The two doubles teams were carrying the torch for the
Edwardsville Tiger boys’ tennis team at the IHSA State Boys’ Tennis
Tournament.
[Full Story]
EHS escapes with title
Posted: June 3, 2009
Michael Failoni hesitated briefly before burrowing into the left handed
batter’s box, waiting to see if Granite City coach Darren DePew was going to
pitch to him.
[Full Story]
Tigers cruise to regional crown
Posted: June 3, 2009
Alton coach Dan Carter didn’t want to let Edwardsville Tiger junior
Rachel Coonrod beat his Redbirds. But he didn’t have a choice.[Full Story]
First season comes to a close for EHS
Posted: June 1, 2009
EHS fought valiantly, but fell to the Panthers, the No. 1 seed in the
O’Fallon Regional, 2-0 (25-12, 25-14). The Tigers completed their rookie
campaign with a record of 1-13. O’Fallon, in its second year of existence,
improved to 21-5 and will face Granite City at 7 p.m. today at the Panther
Dome.
[Full Story]
Softball Tigers finish off win
Posted: June 1, 2009
It took a little longer than expected, but the end result was exactly
what the Edwardsville High softball team was looking for. The Tigers
finished off the Granite City Warriors in the semifinals of the Class 4A
Edwardsville Regional Wednesday, 7-0, a day after the game originally
started but was suspended due to rain.
[Full Story]
Doubles teams lead tennis Tigers at state
Posted: June 1, 2009
CHICAGO — The four entries for the Edwardsville Tiger boys’ tennis team
at the IHSA State Tournament was cut in half after Thursday’s opening day.
Now it’s the two Tiger doubles teams carrying the torch.
[Full Story]
E’ville holds off Kahoks
Posted: June 1, 2009
The opening round of the Class 4A Edwardsville Regional definitely wasn’t
a walk in the park for the Edwardsville Tigers Wednesday at Tom Pile Field.
The No. 4 seeded Collinsville Kahoks (10-20) came to town to face the No. 1
seeded Tigers (32-4) and brought their ace in the hole, Arkansas bound
hurler Erik Shannahan.
[Full Story]
Tigers drop second straight
Posted: May 26, 2009
TROY — The Edwardsville Tigers were looking to bounce back from a 10-8
loss at the hands of Belleville West Tuesday when they traveled to Triad
High School on Friday. That didn’t happen.
[full story]
Tennis Tigers shine in Alton
Posted: May 26, 2009
ALTON — The Edwardsville Tiger boys’ tennis team had one major goal
Friday — get everybody through to the state tournament. Mission
accomplished. Edwardsville qualified all four entries at the Alton Sectional
Friday at Gordon Moore Park in Alton and Lewis and Clark Community College
in Godfrey. [full story]
E’ville baseball, softball sweep to victories
Posted: May 26, 2009
The hits just keep on coming for Edwardsville Tiger senior Dane Opel. On
Saturday, Opel tied the EHS baseball program record for home runs and RBIs
in a season with a home run in the fourth inning against Bethalto-Civic
Memorial to lead the Tigers to a 2-1 victory.
[full story]
EHS nets ninth straight sectional
Posted: May 26, 2009
ALTON — Winning never gets old. Just ask the Edwardsville Tiger boys’
tennis team. EHS secured its ninth straight sectional title Saturday at the
Alton Sectional, finishing first and second in singles and doubles for a
perfect score of 36 points for the fourth straight year.
[full story]
Busy day for track Tigers
Posted: May 26, 2009
CHARLESTON — The Edwardsville Tiger girls’ track team finished off the
2009 season in style Saturday, earning 11 medals at the Class 3A Girls’
State Track Meet at Eastern Illinois University’s O’Brien Stadium in
Charleston.
[full story]
Maroons top EHS in league finale
Posted: May 22, 2009
Perhaps it was post-celebration syndrome. One day after clinching the
Southwestern Conference outright, the Edwardsville Tiger baseball team lost
its final league game of the season, falling 10-8 to the Belleville West
Maroons in Belleville. The Maroons, 21-6 overall and 10-3 in the SWC,
roughed up EHS starting lefthander Chase Carroll in a nine-run second inning
to jump out to a big lead.
[full story]
Tigers wrap up conference title
Posted: May 22, 2009
One day after the Edwardsville baseball team got one and three days after
the EHS tennis team achieved the feat, the Tiger softball team did it — won
a Southwestern Conference crown.
[full story]
EHS softball takes bark out of 'Dogs
Posted: May 22, 2009
The Edwardsville Tiger softball team pounded out 13 hits in a 9-3 victory
over the Highland Bulldogs Wednesday.
[full story]
Comeback falls short for soccer Tigers
Posted: May 22, 2009
LEBANON — The battered and bruised Edwardsville High girls’ soccer team
was outmanned Tuesday in the semifinals of the Class 3A Quincy Regional.
[full story]
E’ville softball blanks Belleville East
Posted: May 21, 2009
A seven-run third inning helped propel the Edwardsville Tiger softball
team past Southwestern Conference rival Belleville East 10-0 Monday in
Belleville. For the Tigers (26-4 overall and 12-1 in the SWC) it was their
14th straight win and 20th in their last 21 games.
[full story]
Baseball Tigers clinch SWC title
Posted: May 21, 2009
BELLEVILLE — The Edwardsville Tigers accomplished something Monday at
Lancer Field in Belleville that had eluded them since 2004 — winning the
Southwestern Conference outright. The Tigers (29-2, 12-1) achieved the feat
with an 8-1 triumph over the Belleville East Lancers (12-12, 4-7). They
shared the SWC title in 2006 with Belleville West and O’Fallon, but it was
definitely rewarding for them to finally stand atop the heap alone again
after doing so from ‘01 through ‘04.
[full story]
EHS leading after day one
Posted: May 19, 2009
Winning the Southwestern Conference tennis tournament is no easy task for
any team. So it’s no surprise Edwardsville Tigers coach Dave Lipe is happy
yet hesitant about taking a two point lead from Friday’s doubles action at
the EHS Tennis Complex and Liberty Middle School into today’s singles
action.
[full story]
E’ville third at sectional
Posted: May 19, 2009
O’FALLON — Edwardsville Tiger girls’ track coach Steve Chapman had to
make a tough decision last week, holding out Madi Pranger, one of his top
athletes, from the Southwestern Conference Meet because of a hamstring
injury. The move, however, paid off in the long run as Pranger joined
teammates Shanice Rice and Laila Jason, each qualifying for next weekend’s
state tournament in three events at the Class 3A O’Fallon Sectional Friday
night.
[full story]
EHS softball, baseball clobber East St. Louis
Posted: May 19, 2009
EAST ST. LOUIS — The Edwardsville Tiger softball team won its 12th and
13th games in a row Thursday, blasting the East St. Louis Flyerettes 22-0
and 20-0 — both in five innings — to improve to 25-4 overall and 11-1 in the
Southwestern Conference.
[full story]
Baseball Tigers sweep two games at Pile Field
Posted: May 19, 2009
The Edwardsville Tiger baseball team improved its record to 28-2 with a
pair of victories Saturday at Tom Pile Field. The Tigers breezed past East
Peoria 11-1 in five innings and followed it up with a six inning, 11-1 win
over Harrisburg. Tim Messer blasted his fifth home run of the season and
added a double in the win over East Peoria.
[full story]
Tennis Tigers claim SWC title
Posted: May 19, 2009
The Edwardsville Tigers secured their ninth consecutive Southwestern
Conference tennis tournament Saturday in Edwardsville, but it wasn’t easy.
The Tigers squeaked past the Belleville West Maroons by two points to finish
atop the eight-team SWC heap. EHS had 66 points while the Maroons totaled
64. The rest of the field was Belleville East third (53), Alton fourth (48),
O’Fallon fifth (38), Collinsville sixth (26), Granite City seventh (18) and
East St. Louis eighth (14).
[full story]
E'ville track seventh at Arnold Invitational
Posted: May 19, 2009
Glen Ellyn — The Edwardsville Tiger boys' track team battled some of the
best from Chicago Saturday and showed well, finishing seventh in the 14-team
Arnold Invitational at Glenbard West High School in Glen Ellyn.
[full story]
Warriors edge EHS in playoff preview
This time it didn’t matter. But next time it will. The Granite City Warriors
scored a goal 15 minutes into the second half to knock off the Edwardsville
Tigers 1-0 in a regular season tilt at Granite City High School Wednesday. The
same two teams will meet again early next week in the semifinals of the Class 3A
Quincy Regional. .
[full story]
Tigers: A job half done
BELLEVILLE — Coming into the 2009 spring season, the Edwardsville Tiger boys’
tennis team had a string of eight consecutive years of winning or sharing the
Southwestern Conference title.
[full story]
EHS softball pounds Alton
The Edwardsville Tigers just keep rolling. EHS took just five innings to
unleash its dominance on Southwestern Conference rival Alton Tuesday at Alton
High School, thrashing the Birds 13-0. The win was Edwardsville’s 11th in a row
and 18th out of the last 19 games. The Tigers improved to 23-4 overall and 9-1
in the SWC while Alton plummeted to 13-16 and 3-9 in the conference.
[full story]
Titans capture Tiger Classic
Nine out of 10 times when the Highland Bulldogs (18-5) and Edwardsville
Tigers (23-2) square off on a baseball diamond, it’s going to be an exciting,
fundamentally-sound ball game. Saturday’s finale of the third annual Tigers
Baseball Classic at Tom Pile Field was the off day.
[full story]
E’ville baseball knocks off Redbirds
The Edwardsville Tiger baseball team muscled up Tuesday,
hammering four home runs to cruise to an 8-3 victory over
the Alton Redbirds at Tom Pile Field.The Tigers got it going
with the big sticks early as Chase Carroll, Dane Opel and
Ian Sikes hit solo shots in the first inning to stake EHS to
a 3-0 lead.
[full story]
Francis tosses no-hitter against Eagles
The Edwardsville Tiger softball teams’ winning streak
reached double digits Monday as senior Lauren Francis tossed
a no-hitter against Bethalto-Civic Memorial in a 4-0 Tiger
victory.
[full story]
E'ville track third at Collinsville Invite
COLLINSVILLE — The Edwardsville Tiger boys’ track team got a
trio of first-place finishes to place third in the annual
Collinsville Invitational on Saturday.
[full story]
Tigers defend tourney crown
TROY — After rain washed out Friday’s opening rounds
of the Scott Credit Union/Triad Softball Tournament, the
teams had to wait until Saturday to get going as the two-day
tournament was shoehorned into just one day.
[full story]
EHS baseball naps SWC win
Posted: May 11, 2009
GRANITE CITY — It took the Edwardsville Tigers just one hour and 25
minutes to dismiss the Granite City Warriors from Tom Pile Field 14-0 on
April 7.
On Thursday, the Warriors were out to prove that outing was not a reflection
of their talented squad. And they did.
[full story]
EHS tennis team wins Gerber Cup
Posted: May 11, 2009
The Gerber Cup was once again up for grabs as the Edwardsville Tiger
boys’ tennis team squared off against John Burroughs at the EHS Tennis
Center Thursday.
And once again, the cup will stay in Edwardsville as the Tigers blanked
Burroughs 12-0.[full story]
Track Tigers fourth in the conference
Posted: May 11, 2009
EAST ST. LOUIS — It was a four-horse race coming into Thursday’s
Southwestern Conference Girls’ Track Meet in East St. Louis.
Unfortunately for one of the favorties — the Edwardsville Tigers — injuries
hampered their chances of claiming the program’s second league crown.
[full story]
Big Ten announces awards
Posted: May 8, 2009
On Tuesday, the Big Ten named its award winners for the 2008-09 men’s
golf season.
Freshman Chris Brant was the only honoree from Iowa despite the team’s first
NCAA regional berth since 1995. The Edwardsville, Ill., native, carded a 72-hole
score of 294 (10 over) at the 2009 Big Ten championships on May, leading the
Hawkeyes to a sixth-place finish — their best in eight years.
[full story]
EHS overcomes slow start
Posted: May 8, 2009
Edwardsville Tiger senior Tito Rivera took advantage of his opportunity
in the lineup Tuesday at Arthur Fletcher Field in Collinsville to help lead
EHS past the Collinsville Kahoks 11-6.
[full story]
Softball Tigers blank Kahoks
Posted: May 8, 2009
Pitching has been the bread and butter of the Edwardsville Tiger softball
team. Now the offense is starting to find its niche, and that spells trouble
for opposing teams. On Tuesday, the Tigers hammered out 13 hits in a 7-0
romp of the Collinsville Kahoks in Collinsville. “We put the ball in play,”
said EHS coach Lori Blade, whose team improved to 17-4 overall and 7-1 in
the Southwestern Conference with its fifth win in a row. “We didn’t get
bunts down as well as I would have liked to see, especially in the early
innings. But we put the ball in play.”
[full story]
Collinsville hands EHS booters loss
Posted: May 8, 2009
Collinsville’s Jordan Fosburgh scored a first half goal and it stood up
as the Kahoks knocked off the Edwardsville Tiger girls’ soccer team, 1-0
Tuesday at the District 7 Sports Complex. Edwardsville, now 5-7-2 overall
and 2-1 in the Southwestern Conference, will get back into action Thursday
when they travel to Belleville to face the West Maroons at 6:30 p.m.
[full story]
Softball Tigers stifle Knights
Posted: May 6, 2009
Rachel Coonrod’s hot bat and Erin Greenwalt’s right arm led the
Edwardsville Tiger softball team to a 5-0 victory over Triad Monday. Coonrod,
the EHS/Zimmerman Insurance Player of the Week last week after hitting .625
with three home runs the week before, went 3 for 3 with a double and a home
run against the Knights, raising her team-leading average to .533. The home
run was Coorod’s fourth on the season.
[full story]
Tennis Tigers finish strong
Posted: May 4, 2009
It's not how you start, but how you finish. For the Edwardsville Tiger
boys' tennis team, the finish couldn't have been better.
[full story]
E'ville track seventh at Arnold Invitational
Posted: May 4, 2009
Glen Ellyn — The Edwardsville Tiger boys' track team battled some of the
best from Chicago Saturday and showed well, finishing seventh in the 14-team
Arnold Invitational at Glenbard West High School in Glen Ellyn.
[full story]
Baseball, softball Tigers pick up victories
Posted: May 1, 2009
The Edwardsville Tiger baseball team bounced back from its first loss of the season wiith a 12-2, five-inning shellacking of Wesclin Wednesday in Trenton.
[full story]
E’ville lines up SWC showdown
Posted: May 1, 2009
The Edwardsville Tiger tennis team remained unbeaten in the Southwestern Conference with a 7-2 victory over Belleville East at the EHS Tennis Center Wednesday, and in the process set up a showdown with the Belleville West Maroons for the regular season league title.
[full story]
Tiger girls capture county crown
Posted: May 1, 2009
The Edwardsville Tigers ran away with another Madison County Meet on Wednesday in Granite City, an event the Tigers have dominated in recent history.
[full story]
Tigers shut down Alton
Posted: May 1, 2009
Few Southwestern Conference girls’ soccer seasons have shown the parity as this season.
Thursday night’s showdown between the Edwardsville Tigers and Alton Redbirds was just more proof.
[full story]
Panthers hand EHS first loss
Posted: April 29, 2009
And Tuesday at Blazier Field in O’Fallon the O’Fallon Panthers (14-7,
5-2) snapped the Edwardsville Tigers (18-1, 7-1) 18-game win streak with a
9-6 victory.
[full story]
Tiger boys capture county crown
Posted: April 29, 2009
WOOD RIVER — After having entered most big meets this season as an
underdog, the Edwardsville Tiger boys’ track team came into Tuesday night’s
Madison County Meet with an unfamiliar feeling — that of favorites.
[full story]
Softball Tigers win thriller over O’Fallon
Posted: April 30, 2009
The Edwardsville Tiger softball team avenged a loss earlier in the season
Tuesday, and in the process took control of the Southwestern Conference with
a 4-3 nine-inning victory over O’Fallon.
[full story]
EHS softball sweeps a pair of games
Posted: April 27, 2009
Two of the top prep softball teams in the area squared off Thursday at the EHS Sports Complex as Edwardsville welcomed in Southwestern for a doubleheader.
[full story]
Tigers remain perfect
Posted: April 27, 2009
Edwardsville Tiger designated hitter Ian Sikes had been battling through
rough trips to the plate the past few weeks.
[full story]
Softball Tigers win pair, drop one
Posted: April 27 2009
The Edwardsville Tiger softball team went 2-1 in a tripleheader Saturday
at the EHS Sports Complex. In the opener, the Tigers cruised past Breese
Mater Dei 12-0 in five innings as Becca Strope picked up the win in the
circle, striking out 11.
[full story]
Waldo inducted into Hall of Fame
Posted: April 27, 2009
Saturday night marked a prestigious moment for Edwardsville Tiger head
basketball coach Mike Waldo — he became a Hall of Famer. Waldo, who has
compiled a coaching record of 518-203 over his 26-year career on the hard
court, was inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of
Fame. It includes a 437-152 record at EHS over the last 21 seasons and an
81-51 mark over five years at Alton Marquette.
[full story]
Orange and black is thinking pink
Posted: April 27, 2009
While the EHS Softball Tigers will be fighting to maintain the conference
lead Tuesday during the EHS vs. O’Fallon home game, they will simultaneously
be fighting breast cancer and bringing awareness to this deadly disease by
hosting a “Pink Out” game fundraising effort.
[full story]
Panthers edge out track Tigers
Posted: April 27, 2009
ALTON — With three events remaining, the Edwardsville Tiger girls’ track
team was clinging to a seven-point lead over the O’Fallon Panthers on
Thursday at the 12th Annual Alton Girls’ Invitational at Public School
Stadium in Alton.
[full story]
EHS blasts past Lincoln
Posted: April 27, 2009
LINCOLN — The Edwardsville Tiger baseball team had little trouble with
the host team Lincoln in the opener of the Lincoln Tournament, beating
Lincoln 26-5 in five innings Friday night.
[full story]
Tigers sweep in Lincoln
Posted: April 27, 2009
LINCOLN — Saturday’s 15-5 victory over Tinley Park-Andrew at Lincoln
College may not have produced the same pizzazz for the Edwardsville Tigers
as their 1998 state championship win over the Thunderbolts, but it did keep
the Tigers undefeated in 2009.
[full story]
Sharpe was on target for Tigers
Posted: April 17, 2009
EDWARDSVILLE -- After spending most of her first three years out of
the spotlight for the Edwardsville girls basketball program, Megan Sharpe
was thrust into the role of being one of the Tigers' leaders during the
2008-09 season.
[full story]
EHS baseball rolls to win over East St. Louis
Posted: April 16, 2009
The Edwardsville Tiger baseball team remained unbeaten on the season
Tuesday, swarming the East St. Louis Flyers in a 17-1 drubbing at Tom Pile
Field. It was the eighth time in nine games this season the Tigers have
scored in double digits. [full story]
Tennis Tigers knock off Alton
Posted: April 16, 2009
According to Edwardsville Tiger tennis coach David Lipe, the reason to
focus on doubles is simple math. “We want all of our players to be able to
play doubles because two-thirds of the points at the sectional come from
doubles,” said Lipe. “It is what it is. It’s just math. We know it’s a big
part of winning in the postseason. That makes it more important than
singles. It just does.”
[full story]
EHS baseball rolls to win over East St. Louis
Posted: April 16, 2009
The Edwardsville Tiger baseball team remained unbeaten on the season
Tuesday, swarming the East St. Louis Flyers in a 17-1 drubbing at Tom Pile
Field. It was the eighth time in nine games this season the Tigers have
scored in double digits. And again it was the hot bats of Michael Failoni
and Dane Opel leading the way.
[full story]
EHS tracksters get their choice
Posted: April 16, 2009
In keeping with a tradition he started during his tenure at Herrin High
School, first-year Edwardsville Tiger boys’ track coach Chad Lakatos gave
his athletes an option Tuesday during a dual-meet with Southwestern
Conference rival O’Fallon.
[full story]
Quick strike for Tigers
Posted: April 15, 2009
It took the Edwardsville Tigers just one hour and 25 minutes to dismiss
the Granite City Warriors from Tom Pile Field Tuesday.
[full story]
Softball Tigers blast Granite City
Posted: April 15, 2009
GRANITE CITY — The Edwardsville Tiger softball team bounced
back from its first loss of the season in style, making
short work of the Granite City Warriors in a 15-0,
five-inning victory in Granite City Tuesday. [full story]
Tennis Tigers continue torrid start
Posted: April 15, 2009
The Edwardsville Tiger boys’ tennis team continued its torrid start over
the weekend, knocking off Champaign Centennial12-0 in a dual match to
improve to 11-0 on the season and following up with another tournament title
at the Bloomington Invitational on Saturday.
[full story]
Track Tigers finish fifth at West
Posted: April 14, 2009
The Edwardsville Tiger boys’ track team took fifth at the annual
Belleville West Invitational Saturday. Southwestern Conference top guns
Belleville East, Belleville West and East St. Louis took the top three
spots, with East winning the title with 123.5 points, West second at 86 and
the Flyers third at 85.5.
[full story]
Long day productive for EHS baseball
Posted: April 14, 2009
Edwardsville Tiger head coach Tim Funkhouser was optimistic for a
positive outcome on the baseball diamond Saturday. “Hopefully we’ll get
Tiger wins and a Cardinal win and get three wins in a day, I guess, counting
the Cardinals win,” he said.
[full story]
Track Tigers win Granite City invite
Posted: April 14, 2009
For the fifth consecutive year the same team prevailed as champions of
the Eighth Annual Granite City Girls’ Invitational on Friday in Granite
City.
[full story]
Late goal lifts EHS on frigid night
Posted: April 6, 2009
Nobody wanted overtime on a frigid night at the EHS Sports Complex
Tuesday as the Edwardsville Tiger girls’ soccer team opened Southwestern
Conference action against the O’Fallon Panthers,
[full story]
EHS baseball blasts Stars
Posted: April 6, 2009
The Edwardsville Tigers pounded 10 hits including four doubles and a
grand slam in a 15-2 route over McCluer North on Friday at Tom Pile Field.
EHS marched nine batters to the plate in the first inning and 13 to the dish
in the third, making quick work of the Stars in five innings. With the win
the Tigers improved to 4-0 while North dropped to 0-3.
[full story]
Tennis Tigers sweep to wins
Posted: April 6, 2009
Edwardsville Tiger tennis coach David Lipe made changes to the annual EHS
Spring Invitational, switching it from an individual flighted tournament to
a team format.
[full story]
Softball Tigers continue hot start
Posted: April 3, 2009
Pitching continues to rule for the Edwardsville Tiger softball team. On
Wednesday, Tiger senior Lauren Francis tossed a two-hit shutout, striking
out seven in a 5-0 victory over Belleville East in the Southwestern
Conference opener. Edwardsville, now 3-0, has yet to allow an earned run
this season.
[full story]
EHS claims third at SW Illinois Relays
Posted: April 3, 2009
While not shocked, first-year Edwardsville High boys’ track coach Chad
Lakatos is pleasantly surprised at how quickly his athletes are responding
to the Tiger track make-over. “I think it’s coming along a little bit faster
than I expected,” Lakatos said after the host Tigers took third place at the
Southwestern Illinois Relays at the Winston Brown Track Complex.
[full story]
Track Tigers edge O’Fallon at SW Illinois Relays
Posted: April 2, 2009
The Edwardsville High girls’ track team squeezed out every point it could
Tuesday at the Southwestern Illinois Relays at the Winston Brown Track
Complex.
[full story]
Great Dane lifts Tigers to victory
Posted: April 2, 2009
The top three spots in the Edwardsville Tiger batting order had a pretty
good afternoon Tuesday at Tom Pile Field. Zach Maggio, Tim Messer and Dane
Opel combined to go 11 for 13, scored nine runs, smoked two doubles, three
home runs and added nine RBIs in a 16-7 Southwestern Conference win over the
Belleville East Lancers.
[full story]
EHS spikers drop opener
Posted: April 2, 2009
It’s a start. Maybe it wasn’t exactly what the Edwardsville Tiger boys’
volleyball team was looking for in its first-ever match. But it’s a start.
In their inaugural season opener, the Tigers lost in straight games 25-9 and
25-10 to the Belleville East Lancers at Lucco-Jackson Gym Tuesday.
[full story]
Softball Tigers explode past Dupo
Posted: April 1, 2009
With a dominant pitching staff, the Edwardsville Tiger softball team only
needs to scratch out a few runs here and there to have a chance to win.
[full story]
Howell North tops Tigers in tourney
Posted: March 31, 2009
The Edwardsville High girls’ soccer teams’ scoreless streak in regulation
came to an end at the hands of Francis Howell North Friday night as the
Knights blanked the Tigers 3-0 in the championship game of the Black Bracket
at the Bi-State Shootout at Sportport in Maryland Heights, Mo.
[full story]
Soccer Tigers win with PKs
Posted: March 30, 2009
After watching several penalty kicks sail high over the net and a few
more clank off goalposts, Edwardsville Tiger Kirstin Kurilla had just one
thing on her mind when she stepped up to the ball for her PK.
[full story]
E’ville off and running
Posted: March 30, 2009
The Edwardsville Tigers and the Greenville Comets had to knock off the
rust in a sloppy opener for both squads, but it was entertaining to say the
least. [full story]
EHS opens softball season with victory
Posted: March 24, 2009
The Edwardsville Tiger softball team opened the season Monday in
Gillespie with a 4-0 victory as senior righthander Lauren Francis tossed a
no-hitter. [full story]
Tigers claim tennis title
Posted: March 24, 2009
Normally, the Edwardsville Tiger boys’ tennis team has a month of
practice before opening the season. [full story]
EHS track solid at Eastern Illinois
Posted: March 24, 2009
The Edwardsville Tiger boys’ track team took sixth place in the Eastern
Illinois University Indoor Invitational on Saturday, finishing with 37
points. Plainfield South won the event with 53 points while Belleville East
was second with 48, East St. Louis was third with 47, Cahokia was fourth
with 46.5 and Geneva was fifth with 42.
[full story]
Edwardsville’s season slips away
Posted: March 12, 2009
When the Edwardsville Tigers took the floor Tuesday in Collinsville for
the semifinals of the Pekin Class 4A Sectional to face Southwestern
Conference co-champion Belleville East, they knew they had their hands full. [full story]
EHS track off to solid indoor start
Posted: March 9, 2009
The Edwardsville Tiger boys’ track team turned in its second strong
showing of the season on the indoor circuit Saturday at the Southern
Illinois University Carbondale Indoor Invitational.
[full story]
Tigers continue hex on Redbirds
Posted: March 9, 2009
Alton coach Layne Bennett stood in a stairwell at Granite City High’s
Memorial Gym and searched for the right words to describe Edwardsville Tiger
junior Will Triggs’ performance against his team.
[full story]
EHS ousts Warriors in regional tilt
Posted: March 5, 2009
It had been a long time since Edwardsville Tiger head coach Mike Waldo
was involved in any capacity at a regional basketball game at Memorial Gym
at Granite City High School before Tuesday night.
[full story]
Warriors oust hockey Tigers
Posted: March 3, 2009
The drama was set Thursday at East Alton Ice Arena for do or die game
three of the North Division series between the Edwardsville Tigers and
Granite City Warriors.
[full story]
EHS marches past Moline for title
Posted: March 3, 2009
Defense wins championships. It may be a worn out cliche, but it’s proving
true for the Edwardsville High girls’ basketball team. [full story]
Tigers earn hardware
Posted: March 3, 2009
Southern Illinois proved its worth in the IHSA wrestling community
Saturday at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington as both the Class 3A
Edwardsville Tigers and Class 2A Triad Knights garnered fourth place
hardware at the state tournament.
[full story]
EHS ends season at swimming state meet
Posted: March 3, 2009
The high school season came to an end for six Edwardsville Tiger swimmers
Friday at the IHSA State Swimming and Diving Meet at Winnetka-New Trier.
[full story]
Grapplers state-bound
Posted: February 26, 2009
Quincy Jackstadt’s shoulder may not have been 100 percent, but his guts
and heart were working at 110-plus.
[full story]
Southwestern Conference title within Tigers’ grasp
Posted: February 26, 2009
Edwardsville Tiger hockey coach Kevin Klette said his team got “caught up
in the moment.” Now, the Tigers will be facing elimination for the first
time this postseason.
[full story]
Warriors turn tables on EHS
Posted: February 25, 2009
Edwardsville Tiger hockey coach Kevin Klette said his team got “caught up
in the moment.” Now, the Tigers will be facing elimination for the first
time this postseason.
[full story]
Tigers Sharpe shoot past Maroons
Posted: February 24, 2009
Megan Sharpe has turned in plenty of big games for the Edwardsville
Tigers over the past three seasons. None, however, were better than Tuesday
night’s performance against Belleville West in the semfinals of the Class 4A
Pekin Sectional at Granite City High School.
[full story]
Hockey Tigers make statement
Posted: February 24, 2009
Granite City found out how hard that can be Sunday night as the defending
Class 2A Mississippi Valley Club Hockey Association champion Edwardsville
Tigers put on a series-opening clinic, blasting the Warriors 8-0 to take the
first game of the best-of-three North Division Finals at East Alton Ice
Arena.
[full story]
Jackstadt just misses the medal stand
Posted: February 24, 2009
The four advancing Edwardsville Tiger matmen had their work cut out for
them in the Class 4A individual state wrestling tournament at Assembly Hall
on the campus of the University of Illinois in Champaign on Friday and
Saturday.
[full story]
Jackstadt the lone EHS wrestler to make it through first day
at state
Posted: February 24, 2009
The Edwardsville Tiger wrestling foursome’s hopes of individual medals
took a big hit on Friday’s opening day of the Class 3A state tournamnet at
Assembly Hall on the campus of the University of Illinois. The four
Edwardsville wrestlers began the day with hardware hopes, but just one is
left as senior Quincy Jackstadt was the lone Tiger wrestlers to survive.
[full story]
Tigers ground Flyers in SWC battle
Posted: February 24, 2009
Although they didn’t know it until after the game, the Edwardsville
Tigers needed a win to keep pace with Belleville East, which squeeked out a
road win in Alton Friday night 58-55. With a strong second half, the Tigers
did just that. Edwardsville overcame a horrendous second quarter, scoring 49
second half points to hold off a scrappy East St. Louis Flyer team 61-56 in
East St. Louis.
[full story]
Tigers capture regional title
Posted: February 24, 2009
Caty Ponce lifted her Edwardsville Tiger teammates onto her 5-foot-5
frame Thursday in Alton and shot them to their sixth consecutive regional
title in the Class 4A Alton Regional finals. The sophomore guard buried 5 of
6 from 3-point land and 9 of 13 from the stripe for a career-high 24 points
to spark the Tigers’ (29-2) 59-40 victory over the East St. Louis Flyerettes
(16-11).
[full story]
EHS ousts Warriors in regional tilt
Posted: February 19, 2009
The Granite City Warriors were like an annoying gnat buzzing around the
Edwardsville Tigers’ noggins in Tuesday’s opening round Class 4A Alton
Regional matchup at Alton High School.
[full story]
E’ville fires past rival Kahoks
Posted: February 19, 2009
You can’t coach height. That was the problem for Collinsville headman
Chris Kusnerick Tuesday night as the Edwardsville High duo of Will Triggs
and James Edmond torched the Kahoks for a combined 32 points in a 63-43
Tiger victory at Lucco-Jackson Gym.
[full story]
Tigers wrap up regular season
Posted: February 17, 2009
The Edwardsville Tiger girls’ basketball team can attest to that. The
Tigers were in a fight for three quarters with the Alton Redbirds Thursday
night before pulling away with a 54-36 victory at Alton High School to close
out the regular season at 27-2 overall and 12-2 in the Southwestern
Conference.
[full story]
E’ville advances foursome to state
Posted: February 17, 2009
Nine Edwardsville Tiger wrestlers made the trip to the Lincoln-Way
Central Sectional in New Lenox on Friday and Saturday. When the smoke
cleared on the star-studded war on the mat, Greg Jackson (130 pounds), Ethan
Knoebel (135), Quincy Jackstadt (145) and Andrew Ellington (285) had all
earned their tickets to state.
[full story]
Tigers close out CBC in two
Posted: February 17, 2009
Aaron Braundmeier has been solid and steady between the pipes for the
Edwardsville Tiger hockey team all season long. On Sunday, Braundmeier took
it up a level to the spectacular, turning away 18 of 19 Christian Brothers
College High School shots as Edwardsville closed out the Cadets in two
straight games with a 2-1 victory at East Alton Ice Arena.
[full story]
Tigers blast past CBC
Posted: February 13, 2009
A quirky regular season schedule left the Edwardsville Tigers with a
month off before opening the semifinals of the Class 2A North Division
Playoffs. The long layoff didn’t seem to affect the defending Class 2A
champion Tigers as they cruised to a 7-3 victory over Christian Brothers
College High School Tuesday night in the opener of the best-of-three playoff
series at Granite City Ice Rink.
[full story]
No bark for ‘Dogs at EHS
Posted: February 13, 2009
The Edwardsville Tigers set the tone early and took the Highland Bulldogs
out of their comfort zone Tuesday at Lucco-Jackson Gymnasium. Edwardsville
pressed early and often against the Bulldogs, taking their guards away and
stuffing the lanes on the way to a 62-33 flogging. That was the key against
a team that is capable of scoring in bunches, according to Tigers’ head
coach Mike Waldo.
[full story]
EHS girls hoops pulls away from Panthers
Posted: February 13, 2009
The O’Fallon Panthers had visions of an upset Tuesday night. The
Edwardsville Tigers, however, had different plans, pulling away from the
Panthers late to score a 58-47 victory and improve to 26-2 overall and 11-2
in the Southwestern Conference.
[full story]
Gaines guides Tigers to victory
Posted: February 10, 2009
Edwardsville Tiger sophomore Cierra Gaines torched the Belleville Althoff
Crusaders for a career-high 17 points to lead EHS to a 54-43 victory in
Belleville on Saturday. Gaines, a 5-foot-7 forward who came into Saturday
night’s game averaging 4.0 points per game, got help from fellow sophomore
Mary O’Keefe with 15 points and senior Megan Sharpe with 11.
[full story]
Tiger girls roll past East St. Louis
Posted: February 9, 2009
The Edwardsville Tigers celebrated Senior Night in grand fashion Thursday
night at Lucco-Jackson Gymnasium. The Tigers skunked the East St. Louis
Flyerettes 18-0 in the first quarter and never looked back on the road to a
57-28 victory. EHS has now swept the Flyerettes this season, a season after
East Side bested the Tigers in both of their meetings. The win also comes
after East St. Louis took the Southwestern Conference-leading Belleville
West Maroons to the wire on Tuesday in a 44-42 loss.
[full story]
EHS tops Cahokia in OT
Posted: February 9, 2009
A last minute change of venue offered a dramatic display of basketball
for the crowd at Lucco-Jackson Gymnasium Tuesday as it took overtime to
decide the outcome between the Edwardsville Tigers and Cahokia Comanches.
The Tigers (13-5) battled back from a deficit once reaching 18 points to
prevail 60-53 over the Comanches (6-9) in a showdown originally slated for
Cahokia High School.
[full story]
Tigers repay rival Maroons
Posted: February 9, 2009
The Edwardsville Tigers squandered an early lead against Belleville West
back on Dec. 12, watching a 17-4 first quarter run erased in a 58-55 loss to
the Maroons. But the Tigers weren’t about to let it happen again.
[full story]
EHS girls rally to top Granite City
Posted: February 5, 2009
GRANITE CITY — The Edwardsville Tiger girls’ basketball team had to
overcome a halftime deficit to defeat the Granite City Warriors 51-40 in
Southwestern Conference action in Granite City Tuesday night. The Tigers,
ranked No. 6 in the Class 4A poll, trailed 24-22 at the break, but exploded
to outscore the Warriors 27-18 in the second half to improve to 23-2 overall
and 9-2 in the SWC.
[full story]
East’s offense too strong for E’ville
Posted: February 3, 2009
The Edwardsville Tigers had cracked the top ten in the latest Associated
Press state poll at No. 10 and were starting to get some recognition, but so
were the Belleville East Lancers, who haven’t lost since Dec. 27.
[full story]
Maroons topple Tigers
Posted: February 3, 2009
Just five days after losing to them in the finals of the Highland Girls
Tournament, the Belleville West Maroons were able to exact revenge on their
Southwestern Conference foe Edwardsville Tigers in the comfort of their own
home. With the 50-37 victory, West placed a two game cushion between
itself and the Tigers in the SWC title race and has now won two out of three
matchups between the two rivals this season.
[full story]
Clayton wins state title
Posted: February 3, 2009
Edwardsville Tiger senior Cody Clayton knew the task at hand. Clayton
needed at least a double to start the 10th frame of the fifth and final
round to keep his chances of an individual state title alive.
[more]
Maroons topple Tigers
Posted: February 2, 2009
Just five days after losing to them in the finals of the Highland Girls
Tournament, the Belleville West Maroons were able to exact revenge on their
Southwestern Conference foe Edwardsville Tigers in the comfort of their own
home. With the 50-37 victory, West placed a two game cushion between itself
and the Tigers in the SWC title race and has now won two out of three
match-ups between the two rivals this season.
[full story]
Tigers' Clayton claims state bowling title, clinches crown
with 3 straight strikes
Posted: February 2, 2009
With the pressure of a potential state title on the line, Edwardsville senior
Cody Clayton responded like a champion Saturday.
[full story]
Clayton rolls to 1st for EHS
Posted: February 2, 2009
O’FALLON — After day one of the IHSA State bowling finals at the St. Clair
Bowl in O’Fallon on Friday, Edwardsville’s Cody Clayton was perched atop the
heap of prep bowlers in Illinois.
[full story]
East’s offense too strong for E’ville
Posted: February 2, 2009
BELLEVILLE — The Edwardsville Tigers had cracked the top ten in the latest
Associated Press state poll at No. 10 and were starting to get some recognition,
but so were the Belleville East Lancers, who haven’t lost since Dec. 27.
[full story]
Girls Basketball: Blade takes fast track to 400 wins
Posted: January 27, 2009
HIGHLAND - A milestone victory for their coach has never been a topic of
conversation in the Edwardsville girls basketball locker room.
[full story]
EHS takes two of three at quad
Posted: January 27, 2009
The Edwardsville Tiger wrestling team welcomed two of the top-ranked teams in
the state and a local rival to Lucco-Jackson Gym Saturday for a quadrangular and
came away with wins in two of three matches. The Tigers (20-4) knocked off
Bethalto-Civic Memorial 52-19 and Canton, a Class 1A powerhouse, 40-18, but fell
to Plainfield Central, the fourth-ranked team in Class 3A, 51-16.
[full story]
Tigers claim Highland title
Posted: January 27, 2009
It was fitting on Saturday in Highland that the two Edwardsville Tigers who
earned spots on the all-tournament team led their squad to a second consecutive
tournament title.
[full story]
E’ville bowlers advance to state
Posted: January 27, 2009
The Edwardsville Tiger boys’ bowling team came up short in a bid for a
sectional title Saturday at Riverboat Lanes in Godfrey. But the consolation
prize wasn’t so bad for the Tigers.
[full story]
Tiger grapplers finally see home mats*
Posted: January 26, 2009
The mighty road warriors made their triumphant return to Lucco-Jackson
Gymnasium on Thursday and didn’t disappoint.
After nearly two months of travel the Edwardsville Tiger grapplers took to
the mat at the friendly confines of home. It was the Second Annual Beauty and
the Beast Lineup, where the wrestlers shared the evening with the EHS varsity
dance and cheerleading teams and they were ready.
[full story]
EHS holds on in Highland
Posted: January 23, 2009
An explosive third quarter helped the Edwardsville Tiger girls’ basketball
team turn a close game into a 15-point lead against Breese Mater Dei in the
semifinals of the Highland Tournament. The Tigers needed nearly every one of
those 15 points as the Knights made a charge in the fourth quarter before
Edwardsville was able to seal the deal in a 65-59 victory.
[full story]
Tigers win Salem opener
Posted: January 23, 2009
Will Triggs celebrated his 18th birthday in style on Wednesday night in
Salem.
The 6-foot-6 monster postman led all scorers with 27 points and his
Edwardsville Tigers opened the 58th Annual Salem Invitational with a bang with a
71-36 drubbing of the Charleston Trojans.
[full story]
Tigers set for tourney run
Posted: January 22, 2009
With a tournament championship already under its belt, the Edwardsville Tiger
boys’ basketball team will try to make it a clean sweep in the regular season
when it opens play in the 58th Annual Salem Invitational Tournament tonight.
Edwardsville, which has won the past three Salem Tournament titles and five
of the last six, opens against Charleston at 7 p.m. tonight at Salem High
School.
[Full story]
Tigers swarm Wildcats
Posted: January 21, 2009
HIGHLAND — The Salem Wildcats were looking for a shot at redemption against
the Edwardsville Tigers in Highland on Monday after the Tigers had defeated them
59-50 on their home court on Nov. 29 in the championship game of the Salem
Tournament. Well, they’ll have to wait because EHS (19-1) mopped the floor with
the Wildcats (16-4), 71-47 Monday in second-round action of the 23rd Annual
Highland Girls’ Basketball Tournament.
[full story]
Tiger grapplers cruise past Alton
Posted: January 20, 2009
The Edwardsville Tiger wrestling squad ripped the competition Thursday at a
triangular meet in Alton. The Tigers demolished their Southwestern Conference
rival Redbirds 59-9 along, with Belleville Althoff 69-9. With the wins, EHS
improved its dual meet record to 16-3 this season and its SWC mark to 4-1. The
victory over Alton keeps Edwardsville in a lock at the top of the conference
with SWC foes Granite City and O’Fallon.
[full story]
EHS buries league rival Redbirds
Posted: January 20, 2009
The Edwardsville Tiger girls’ basketball team wasted little time dispatching
the Alton Redbirds Thursday at Lucco-Jackson Gym. The Tigers hit on 12 of 13
field goals in the first quarter to open a 25-5 lead, taking away all the drama
in a matchup of Southwestern Conference rivals in a 61-37 Edwardsville victory.
“They came out like a buzzsaw,” said Alton coach William Gordon. “You have to
give it to them. They’re the 10th-ranked team in the state and they played like
it. I give coach Blade credit, she had her girls ready from the tip and it
showed.”
[Full Story]
Tigers out fast in Highland
Posted: January 20, 2009
One of the biggest concerns for Edwardsville Tiger girls’ basketball coach
Lori Blade in Saturday’s opener of the Highland Tournament was how her team
would respond to a rare morning game. Apparently, this Tiger squad has some
early risers. Edwardsville hit on 9 of 12 field goals in the first quarter to
open a 21-6 lead over the Carlyle Indians and never looked back, cruising to an
83-41 victory to advance to tonight’s championship quarterfinals.
[full story]
Tigers turn tables on Redbirds
Posted: January 20, 2009
Will Triggs was on the court when Ruben Cotto drained a long 3-pointer to
break the Edwardsville Tigers’ hearts last season. On Friday, the Tiger senior
returned the favor.
[full story]
EHS hoops runs away from ‘Dogs
Posted: January 15, 2009
The Edwardsville Tigers jumped out to a 20-6 first quarter lead against the
Waterloo Bulldogs Tuesday night, cruising to a 66-39 victory in Waterloo. Ismiah
Roundtree paced the Tigers with 18 points while Will Triggs added 14 and James
Edmond finished with 12. Edwardsville increased its lead to 40-17 by halftime
and 55-25 heading into the final quarter.
[full story]
EHS holds off Kahoks
Posted: January 13, 2009
With the offense sputtering and trailing on the scoreboard against the
Collinsville Kahoks Monday night, the Edwardsville Tiger girls’ basketball team
turned to the staple of its success to get them back in the game in the second
half — defense.
[more...]
E’ville blasts Panthers
Posted: January 13, 2009
The O’Fallon Panthers may have had nightmares blanketed with orange and black
figures pelting them with pucks after Sunday night’s game at the East Alton Ice
Arena. The 12-2 Edwardsville Tigers pounded the weary Panthers 12-0 in a
drubbing that was called with 7:33 remaining in the third quarter after EHS
buried its 12th goal. The win ended the regular season for the Tigers and the
No. 12 had another special meaning for them on Sunday.
[more...]
Last-second shot lifts EHS
Posted: January 13, 2009
Ismiah Roundtree sprinted alone past midcourt with five seconds remaining in
the game as an outlet pass from teammate Richard Siebers floated perfectly into
his arms. He raced to the basket, the ball rolled off his fingertips, bounced
against the glowing red backboard, swished through the net and the Edwardsville
Tiger players and fans went nuts.
[more...]
Panthers spoil festive night at EHS
Posted: January 12, 2009
It was a night of festivities at Lucco-Jackson Gym as Edwardsville Tiger boys’ basketball coach Mike Waldo was honored before the game for his recent milestone 500th win and upcoming induction into the Illinois Coaches Association Hall of Fame and the 1953-54 EHS state tournament basketball team was recognized at halftime. [more..]
EHS shakes off the rust
Posted: January 9, 2009
When the Edwardsville Tigers uncorked its game on Thursday at Lucco-Jackson
Gym, there wasn’t any fizz, just flat play. But the persistent Tigers grinded it
out and improved to 14-1 overall and 4-1 in the Southwestern Conference with a
56-43 win over the O’Fallon Panthers (6-8, 2-4). It was EHS’s first action of
2009. The Tigers game on Tuesday hosting East St. Louis was canceled due to
inclement weather, so they hadn’t played since Dec. 30 when they beat Charleston
for the Charleston Holiday Tournament Championship.
[more..]
Tigers pull even in conference race
Posted: January 6, 2009
The Edwardsville Tiger wrestling teams’ stranglehold on the Southwestern
Conference was in jeopardy against the O’Fallon Panthers Wednesday night. The
Panthers came into the match unbeaten in the conference after knocking off the
Granite City Warriors earlier in the season while the Tigers already had a loss
on the league slate at the hands of the Warriors.
[more..]
EHS wrestlers in fifth after first day
Posted: January 6, 2009
It’s a no brainer that the William “Red” Schmitt Holiday Wrestling Tournament
in Granite City is going to showcase some top rate talent every year and 2009 is
no different.
Eighteen teams hit the mats for the wrestling showdown from across Illinois
and Missouri, including four tough Southwestern Conference squads in Granite
City, Edwardsville, Belleville East and O’Fallon.
[more..]
E’ville sweeps up in Charleston
Posted: January 5, 2009
Both Tiger hoops squads defended their titles in the Charleston Holiday Tournaments on Tuesday, solidifying their spots as the dominate teams in both brackets.
[more...]
Tigers' defenseman picked as 3A player of the year
Posted: December 15, 2008
Edwardsville High boys soccer coach Mark Heiderscheid knew he was dabbling in
risky business when he shifted the Tigers' best offensive player, senior Kenny
Giacobbe, from midfielder to defender late in the season.
[more...]
Tigers win OT thriller in Springfield
Posted: December 15, 2008
It took the Edwardsville Tigers (8-1) an extra four minutes to do it, but they sneeked past the Springfield Southeast Spartans 52-50 in overtime on Saturday at the 2008 Premier Girls Prep Classic at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield.
It was the second annual Premier Girls Prep Classic and the Tigers improved to 2-0 in the showcase. Last season EHS defeated Montini Catholic 51-39.
[more...]
EHS grapplers have hiccup in Minooka
Posted: December 15, 2008
The Edwardsville Tigers wrestling team suffered its first two losses of the season Saturday in a quadrangular match in Minooka.
EHS head coach Jon Wagner has long lived by the credo that in order to be tough in the postseason, a team has to face tough competition in the regular season. That’s what Saturday was all about.
[more...]
Maroons erase deficit to top Tigers
Posted: December 15, 2008
What looked like an early rout took a turn for the worst for the Edwardsville Tiger boys’ basketball team Friday night.
The Belleville West Maroons erased a 19-9 first-half deficit before going on to top the Tigers 58-55, handing Edwardsville its first Southwestern Conference loss of the season.
[more...]
Tigers pin down West
Posted: December 15, 2008
The Edwardsville Tigers wrestling team stuck with it on Thursday at Belleville West and turned an early deficit into a 48-24 victory over the Maroons.
Trailing 15-6 after West’s Dustin Ventimiglia pinned the Tigers’ Mason McBride in the 145-pound weight class, EHS reeled off five straight pins of their own to build a commanding lead which carried them to victory. The win keeps the Tigers undefeated on the season at 12-0 overall and 2-0 in the Southwestern Conference.
[more...]
Maroons slip past EHS girls
Posted: December 15,
2008
Before the season began, Edwardsville Tiger girls’ basketball coach Lori Blade predicted that Belleville West would be the team to beat in the Southwestern Conference.
On Thursday at Lucco-Jackson Gym, the Maroons proved Blade right.
Belleville West jumped out to a double-digit lead in the first half and held off a fourth-quarter charge by the Tigers to win 43-32 and remain unbeaten on the season at 7-0 overall and 2-0 in the SWC.
[more...]
Hoops hall will honor Edwardsville coach, Okawville champs
Posted: December 12,
2008
Edwardsville coach Mike Waldo, who is just two
wins shy of 500 for his career, and the 1994 and
2000 Okawville girls state championship teams are
among the metro-east representatives being inducted
into the Illinois High School Basketball Coaches
Association Hall of Fame.
[more]
East no match for EHS
Posted: December 12,
2008
Another Southwestern Conference matchup — no
problem. The Edwardsville Tigers improved to 2-0 in
the SWC and 2-1 overall on Tuesday at Lucco-Jackson
Gymnasium when they dismissed the rival Belleville
East Lancers 68-53. The Tigers got behind a 19-2 run
that spanned the first and second quarters to build
what turned out to be an insurmountable 32-20
halftime lead.
[more]
Tigers cruise past Lancers
Posted: December 12,
2008
BELLEVILLE — Edwardsville Tiger girls’ basketball
coach Lori Blade knows what she’s going to get from
the likes of Megan Sharpe and Kalia Lahai-Pumagoi.
She also knows, with the talent in the reserve
corps, that she’s likely going to get a quality
performance from somebody off the bench.
[more]
Tigers capture Fox title
Posted: December 8,
2008
Edwardsville Tiger wrestling coach Jon Wagner has
to be pinching himself. After losing several
state-caliber wrestlers off last season’s squad to
graduation, some growing pains early in the season
with a young team would be understandable. But there
hasn’t been any growing pains for the Tigers at all.
Instead, there’s just been growth.
[more]
Tigers hand Kahoks first loss
Posted: December 8,
2008
Facing one of the best post players in the
Southwestern Conference without your big presence in
the paint is a daunting task. The Edwardsville
Tigers, minus forward Mary O’Keefe, faced that
challenge head on Thursday night as they did battle
with Raven Berry and the Collinsville Kahoks and
came away with a 48-42 victory at Lucco-Jackson Gym.
[more...]
EHS grapplers pin down Collinsville
Posted: December 8,
2008
The Edwardsville Tiger wrestling team took a big
cannonball right into the Southwestern Conference
scene Thursday at Collinsville and splashed the
Kahoks right out of Vergil Fletcher Gym. EHS won 11
out of 14 weight classes and stuck six pins on
Collinsville to ultimately dismantle them 55-12 for
a statement making triumph.
[more...]
EHS grapplers solid in Kentucky
Posted: December 1,
2008
The Edwardsville Tiger wrestling team kicked off
the 2008-09 campaign in unfamiliar surroundings on
Saturday, taking part in the Union County (Ky.)
Tournament. While the event was an unknown for the
Tigers, the results were familiar as Edwardsville
swept to three dual-match victories, topping host
Union County and two St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.)
teams.
[more...]
Tigers four-peat in Salem
Posted: December 1,
2008
While some of the faces have changed, the result
remained the same for the Edwardsville Tiger girls
basketball team at Saturday’s eighth annual Lady
Wildcat Thanksgiving Tournament at Salem High
School. Edwardsville captured its fourth-straight
Salem tournament title, beating the host Salem
Wildcats for the third-straight season 59-50 in the
championship game.
[more...]
EWC looks to the future — a new facility
Posted: December 1,
2008
The dreams of the Edwardsville Wrestling Club (EWC)
finally became a reality on Nov. 7. On that date
ground was broken for the new Edwardsville Wrestling
Facility. The facility is located on Center Grove
Road, at the entrance to the District 7 Sports
Complex and is due to be completed in July 2009. It
will be the home of the Edwardsville High wrestling
team and its feeder program, the EWC.
[more...]
Tiger boys take seventh at state
Posted: November 10,
2008
The Edwardsville Tiger boys’ cross country team
ran not only with their legs, but with their heart
on Saturday afternoon at Detweiller Park in Peoria
in the Class 3A state meet. On a day when thousands
of eyes from the Illinois cross country world were
watching the Tigers run in the sleet and snow and
physically demanding conditions, they were able to
nab an impressive seventh-place finish with 308
points.
[more...]
Edwardsville takes second at state
Posted: November 10,
2008
The Edwardsville Tiger soccer team had a chance —
and that’s all it ever wanted. The New Trier
Trevians staved off a frantic late charge by the
Tigers in the final three minutes of the Class 3A
state championship game at North Central College in
Naperville on Saturday, holding on for a 2-1 victory
to hand Edwardsville its third second-place state
finish in the past 11 years.
[more...]
EHS booters state tourney bound
Posted: November 6,
2008
Cameron Lauchner wasn’t quite old enough to cast
a ballot on election day. But the Edwardsville High
junior punched a ticket all the same — the Tiger
soccer team’s ticket to the state tournament.
Lauchner scored the golden goal for Edwardsville
late Tuesday night at 2:41 of the second overtime of
the Class 3A Normal Super-Sectional, lifting the
Tigers past Tinley Park-Andrew 2-1 and into the
state Final Four in Naperville this weekend.
[more...]
Tigers reach sectional finals
Posted: November 6,
2008
There was no lack of excitement and intensity on
the floor between Moline and Edwardsville Tuesday
night in Quincy. It took the Tigers three
momentum-changing games to dismiss the talented
Maroons 2-1 in the semifinals of the Class 4A Quincy
Sectional. EHS (31-7) took the first set 25-21
before dropping the second game 19-25 and nabbing a
win in game three, 25-16.
[more...]
Edwardsville advances on Lauchner's goal in 2nd OT
Posted: November 3,
2008
For Edwardsville junior Cameron Lauchner, the
set-up could not have been any better. "With a pass
like that, I owed to my team to put it away,''
Lauchner said after scoring 2 minutes, 41 seconds
into the second overtime period and lifting the
Tigers to a 2-1 victory over Andrew of Tinley Park
in Class 3A supersectional soccer action Tuesday in
Normal, Ill.
[more...]
Students rally around election
Posted: November 3,
2008
Although most of us are tired of the election
process and ready to vote, we can’t discount the
importance of the elections and what a perfect
opportunity it is to teach children about the
election process. Woodland Elementary students
certainly capitalized on that opportunity and have
caught “election fever.
[more...]
Tigers defeat Kahoks, advance
Posted: November 3,
2008
COLLINSVILLE - Edwardsville's Tigers got what
they wanted - and expected - here Saturday in the
championship match of the Collinsville Class 4A
Volleyball Regional. The Tigers figured they'd have
to extend themselves to defeat the host at Fletcher
Gym. And that's what happened. It didn't come easy.
[more...]
Hankins leads Edwardsville with 2 goals
Posted: November 3,
2008
Senior Tim Hankins scored twice in the final 12
minutes of Saturday's Class 3A sectional
championship match, helping the Edwardsville soccer
team knock off host Normal Community 2-0.
[more...]
EHS hockey moving on
Posted: November 3,
2008
LADUE, Mo. — An offensive influx during the
second half paced the Edwardsville Tigers field
hockey squad in Thursday’s first round action in the
Midwest Women’s Athletic Association playoffs at
Horton Watkins High School in Ladue. EHS, 10-9,
tallied one score in the first half and three more
in the second to blast past the Oakville Tigers 4-1.
The win sets up a rematch with the MICDS Rams at 4
p.m. Saturday at Lafayette High School. The Rams
defeated Edwardsville 3-0 last Thursday at the
Winston Brown Track and Field Complex. [more...]
EHS spikers win regional
Posted: November 3,
2008
COLLINSVILLE — The Edwardsville Tiger volleyball
team didn’t have as easy of a time with the
Collinsville Kahoks on Saturday night at Vergil
Fletcher Gym in Collinsville as they did the first
time they played them. But the good news for the
Tigers is they were able to get past the
hard-charging Kahoks, 2-0, to advance to the Class
4A Quincy Sectional on Tuesday. EHS (30-7) beat
Collinsville (11-23) 25-22 and 25-22 to move on. [more...]
Edwardsville boys run to sectional title
Posted: November 3,
2008
NORMAL — Sometimes the favorite tag can be a
heavy burden to carry. Not so for the Edwardsville
Tiger boys’ cross country team. Edwardsville was the
favorite heading into Saturday’s Class 3A Normal
Community West Sectional race and it didn’t
disappoint, winning the team title with 62 points,
well ahead of second-place Lincoln-Way Central’s 93. [more...]
One step from state
Posted: November 3,
2008
NORMAL — When Edwardsville senior Tim Hankins
finally broke a scoreless tie with less than five
minutes to go at Saturday’s Class 3A Normal
Sectional title game, he only had one thing on his
mind. “I just thought about running back to our
bench as fast as I could,” said Hankins, who had
plenty of reason to celebrate as he scored twice in
the final five minutes to hand the Tigers a 2-0
victory over Normal Community and send them to the
Normal Super-Sectional on Tuesday. [more...]
Relentless Edwardsville zooms past East Moline in soccer semifinal
Posted: October 29,
2008
The offensive pressure was constant and
ferocious, allowing the Edwardsville High School
soccer team to put itself in a position to dictate
the pace of the game Tuesday night. East Moline
couldn't match it. [more...]
E’ville football finishes
Posted: October 28,
2008
GRANITE CITY — If there was ever a time the
Edwardsville Tigers needed a big fourth quarter, it
was Friday night in Granite City. Tied 14-14 with
10:26 remaining against the Warriors, Edwardsville
reeled off four straight touchdowns, running away
with a 41-14 victory to keep their playoff hopes
alive heading into the final week of the regular
season.
[more...]
MICDS blanks hockey Tigers
Posted: October 20,
2008
The Edwardsville Tiger field hockey squad hosted
Midwest Women’s Athletic Association rival MICDS
Thursday at the Winston Brown Track and Field
Complex and had their hands full. The Rams (16-4,
7-3) outshot the Tigers (8-9, 3-8) 15-4 and earned
18 corners to Edwardsville’s three on their way to a
3-0 shutout win. [more...]
EHS stumbles in home finale
Posted: October 20,
2008
Monday night was Senior Night for the talented Edwardsville Tiger
volleyball squad, but the results weren’t quite what they had hoped for. The
Class 4A Tigers (22-7) welcomed Class 3A powerhouse Breese Mater Dei (26-4)
to Lucco-Jackson Gymnasium and the two teams put on an entertaining display
of volleyball with the Knights eventually beating Edwardsville 2-1.
[more...]
Tennis Tigers set for state run
Posted: October 20,
2008
With a young and relatively inexperienced team this season, Edwardsville
Tiger girls’ tennis coach David Lipe wasn’t sure what to expect. What he got
was more of the same — a 12th straight sectional title and all four entries
advancing to the state tournament, which begins today in suburban Chicago.
“I’ve never been more proud of a team,” said Lipe. “These six girls are the
story. They showed just how great they are.”
[more...]
Tigers put wraps on SWC title
Posted: October 20,
2008
The Edwardsville High volleyball team already had a share of the
Southwestern Conference title secured. But the Tigers didn’t want to share
it with anyone. “Our goal was to lock up the conference outright,” said EHS
coach Jami Parker. “We wanted it to ourselves.” [more...]
A dream season for EHS
Posted: October 20,
2008
The Edwardsville Tigers won’t soon forget the 2008 golf season. Another
Southwestern Conference championship, regional and sectional titles and a
third-place finish at the IHSA Class 3A state tournament are plenty of
reason to remember. [more...]
East St. Louis as good as advertised
Posted: October 20,
2008
win and the Edwardsville High football team was in. A loss and the Tigers
had to play the waiting game. Now it’s time to wait. The East St. Louis
Flyers had their way with Edwardsville Friday night, cruising to a 51-0
victory to end the Tigers’ regular season at 5-4, eligible for the playoffs
but needing enough playoff points to get in.
[more...]
Edwardsville’s Osborn has solid state tourney
Posted: October 20,
2008
Edwardsville High junior Caitlin Osborn may have been the lone Tiger
representative at the Class AA State Girls’ Golf Tournament this weekend.
But she wasn’t alone. “All the other girls on the team called Friday night
to give Caitlin support,” said EHS coach Tresa LaBoube. “That was pretty
special and I think it really helped Caitlin.”
[more...]
Cat fight ends in a SWC split
Posted: October 20,
2008
It was the battle of the big cats Friday in the Southwestern Conference Meet at Gordon Moore Park in Alton.
The Edwardsville Tigers squeaked out a first-place finish on the boys’ side, narrowly beating O’Fallon. In the girls’ division, it was the Panthers nabbing the top spot while EHS
took second.
[more...]
Tigers blank Warriors
Posted: October 20,
2008
There’s been a reoccurring theme for the
Edwardsville Tiger soccer team this posteason —
Kevin Minor starting plays and Tim Hankins finishing
them. The Tiger senior duo hooked up again on
Saturday as Minor stole a ball at midfield and fed
it up to Hankins, who blasted a shot past Granite
City keeper Eric Fowler for the lone goal of the
game as Edwardsville advanced past the Warriors at
the Class 3A Alton Regional title game, 1-0 at
Gordon Moore Park in Alton.
[more...]
Tiger linksters bring home hardware
Posted: October 20,
2008
In the 70-year history of the Illinois High
School Association boys’ state golf tournament, only
four teams had ever broken 600. This weekend at the
Class 3A tournament at The Den at Fox Creek in
Bloomington, there were three teams that eclipsed
that magical mark. And one of them was the
Edwardsville Tigers.
[more...]
Tiger booters advance
Posted: October 20,
2008
Oftentimes, the first postseason victory is the
toughest to secure. That was the case for a half
Monday night at the Class 3A Alton Regional. But
then the Edwardsville Tigers’ talent took over. Tim
Hankins notched a pair of second half goals and Ken
Giaccobe added another as the Tigers cruised to a
3-0 victory over the host-school Alton Redbirds at
Gordon Moore Park in Alton.
[more...]
Tigers pick up 12th straight title
Posted: October 20,
2008
On Friday at the EHS Tennis Complex, the Tigers won their 12th consecutive girls’ tennis sectional and advanced all of their participants to state competition next weekend.
[more...]
Boys Golf: Tigers third at state
Posted: October 20,
2008
Edwardsville celebrated a third-place finish -- worth a trophy -- in Saturday's finals of the IHSA Class 3A boys golf tournament at The Den in Bloomington. [more...]
Edwardsville girls win 12th consecutive sectional championship, advance six players to state tourney
Posted: October 20,
2008
Tess Severin is the future of Edwardsville High girls tennis, which was prominently on display at the Tigers' Sectional the past weekend. [more...]
EHS spikers stop ‘Birds
Posted: October 20,
2008
The Alton Redbirds are in the midst of their best
season in school history and playing well, but on
Thursday at Lucco-Jackson Gymnasium the Redbirds got
their first taste of the Edwardsville Tigers — and
it wasn’t pretty. The Tigers breezed past Alton 2-0
to earn a share of the Southwestern Conference. EHS,
now 22-6 and 6-0 in conference, could get the top
prize in the SWC with a Tuesday victory over
Belleville West. The Maroons are currently 5-1 in
conference play. It’s the second consecutive season
Edwardsville has been atop the SWC, winning it
outright in ‘07.
[more...]
Lincoln eighth grade softball team finishes a 22-1 season
Posted: October 17,
2008
The Lincoln Wildcats’ eighth grade softball team
capped off a 22-1 season with a third place finish
in the Illinois Elementary School Association Class
AA Softball Tournament. The team’s only loss came in
the semi-final game of the tournament, which was
held in Normal, Illinois, on September 26 and 27.
The girls were recognized for their accomplishments
at the October 14, 2008, Board of Education meeting
at Woodland Elementary School.
Tigers set for conference meet
Posted: October 16,
2008
The victories continue to pile up for the
Edwardsville boys cross country team. By placing
first in the Centralia Invitational on Saturday, the
Tigers won their sixth meet of the season and their
second in a row.
[more...]
Fitterer's quick start aids Edwardsville
Posted: October 16,
2008
Kayla Fitterer came out hitting the volleyball,
and it helped carry the Edwardsville Tigers to a
two-game sweep of Civic Memorial Monday evening.
Fitterer had kills on each of the first five
attempts, and finished with 12 for the match as
Edwardsville (21-6) beat Civic Memorial 25-14,
25-17.
[more...]
Tiger boys state bound
Posted: October 16,
2008
The kid’s got ice in his veins. For the fourth
time in his last five tournaments, and the second
time in IHSA postseason play, Edwardsville’s Carson
Baugher won a medal via winning a sudden death
playoff.
[more...]
Osborn earns a trip to state
Posted: October 14,
2008
When Edwardsville’s Caitlin Osborn needed her
best round of the season, she got it. Osborn, a
junior, carded a 77 to advance to this weekend’s
Class 2A Girls’ State Golf Tournament, finishing
third overall as an individual in the toughest field
of the season at the Mascoutah Sectional at Roland
Barkau Memorial Golf Course in Okawville on Monday.
[more...]
Lancers' comeback hands Edwardsville another loss
Posted: October 14,
2008
Jason Bester and the Belleville East Lancers on
Friday extended the second-half frustrations of the
Edwardsville Tigers. Bester, a senior, scored on a
43-yard touchdown run with 11:44 to play in the
fourth quarter to lift the Lancers to a
come-from-behind 29-28 victory in a Southwestern
Conference game.
[more...]
Tigers junior leads area state qualifiers
Posted: October 14,
2008
Edwardsville junior Caitlin Osborn's quest for a
berth in the Class AA Girls State Golf Tournament is
now a reality. Getting off to a solid start and
avoiding any major mistakes all day, Osborn shot a
6-over 77 Monday to lead the way for metro-east area
players at the Mascoutah Sectional at the tough
Roland Barkau Memorial Golf Course.
[more...]
Tigers nab second at the SWC tournament
Posted: October 14,
2008
The preconceived thought going into the 2008
Southwestern Conference girls tennis tournament was
that Belleville West would be first, Edwardsville
second and Belleville East third. And there were no
surprises. [more...]
Tiebreaker sends Tigers to sectional
Posted: October 10,
2008
Edwardsville Tiger girls’ golf coach Tresa
LaBoube predicted a tight race for the second and
third advancing spots at Wednesday’s Class AA Salem
Regional. Perhaps LaBoube should start predicting
lottery numbers because she was right on the mark.
[more...]
Tiger girls prep for golf regional
Posted: October 10,
2008
The Edwardsville Tiger girls’ golfers hit the
road today to begin their postseason journey in the
tough Class AA Salem Regional.
[more...]
A clean sweep for Edwardsville
Posted: October 10,
2008
The city of Edwardsville brought home four titles
Tuesday from the Madison County Meet as Edwardsville
High won both the boys’ and girls’ large-school
divisions and the Metro-East Lutheran captured both
small school races.
[more...]
Edwardsville golfers roll to regional victory
Posted: October 6,
2008
Pressure continued to bring out the best in
Edwardsville senior Carson Baugher on Tuesday at the
Class 3A Alton Golf Regional. Baugher rolled
in a 7-foot par-saving putt on the first hole of a
sudden death playoff to claim medalist honors and
lead Edwardsville to the team title at Spencer T.
Olin Golf Course.
[more...]
Maroons topple Tigers
Posted: October 6,
2008
Friday night’s Southwestern Conference showdown
between the Edwardsville Tigers and Belleville West
Maroons was the definition of a swing game. The
winning team would move within one win of cementing
a spot in the playoffs. The loser, however,
would have to scramble, likely needing two wins in
its final three games to advance to the postseason.
[more...]
Baugher, Tigers win Gerber invite
Posted: October 6,
2008
Edwardsville Tigers boys’ golf coach Dene
Schickedanz explained that one thing senior Carson
Baugher needed to do to become a more consistent,
upper-echelon player was to putt better.
[more...]
Soccer Tigers secure SWC title
Posted: October 6,
2008
Sam Fink could have had several goals Saturday
afternoon against the Belleville West Maroons. But
one was all that was needed as Fink scored 21
minutes into the game and the Edwardsville Tiger
soccer team made the 1-0 lead stick, clinching the
program’s sixth Southwestern Conference title in the
past nine years in what was essentially a league
championship game at the District 7 Sports Complex.
[more...]
EHS makes quick work of Kahoks
Posted: October 6,
2008
The constant bantering and enthusiasm on the
court by the Edwardsville Tiger girls’ volleyball
team is well warranted, seeing that they are perched
atop the Southwestern Conference field with a 3-0
conference record and a 16-3 record overall.
[more...]
EHS gets set for Homecoming events
Posted: October 6,
2008
Although homecoming is over a week away at
Edwardsville High School (EHS), Homecoming
activities have already begun. EHS students who are
members of local bands have been competing during
lunch periods for a chance to play during the
homecoming dance on Oct. 11.
[more...]
Edwardsville just one stroke short
Posted: October 3,
2008
Edwardsville had its senior class earn medals at
the Southwestern Conference championship tournament
on Tuesday at Belk Park Golf Course in Wood River.
[more...]
Kahoks edge Tigers at SWC tourney
Posted: October 3,
2008
On the verge of the shotgun start at the 2008
Southwestern Conference Boys’ Golf Tournament on
Tuesday at Belk Park Golf Course in Wood River,
Collinsville Kahoks coach Garry Henson didn’t fathom
any players shooting under a 76 with the gusting,
swirling winds engulfing the course.
[more...]
Belleville East ends Tiger girls’ run
Posted: October 3,
2008
Dismal weather conditions weren’t going to put a
damper on the 2008 Southwestern Conference Girls’
Golf Tournament Monday at The Legacy Golf Course in
Granite City.
[more...]
Tigers turn in key effort
Posted: October 3,
2008
When the Edwardsville Tigers look back on Friday
night’s 30-12 victory over the O’Fallon Panthers, it
could be seen as the make or break win of the
season.
[more...]
EHS netters finish off SWC slate with win
Posted: October 3,
2008
The Edwardsville Tiger tennis team kickstarted a
hectic week with an 8-1 victory Tuesday against the
O’Fallon Panthers at the EHS Tennis Center.
[more...]
EHS booters back on track
Posted: September 26,
2008
Coming off a disappointing loss to Collinsville,
the Edwardsville Tiger soccer team was playing with
a chip on its shoulder Saturday afternoon.
[more...]
EHS tennis nabs third at Duals
Posted: September 26,
2008
The vastly inexperienced Edwardsville Tigers kept
their eye on the prize Friday and Saturday and came
away with a third place finish in the 2008 Southern
Illinois Duals.
[more...]
Edwardsville soccer team loses to Collinsville
Posted: September 26,
2008
An aspect to their game that has been anything
but problematic for the Edwardsville Tigers
surprisingly made an appearance Thursday night in a
crucial Southwestern Conference match.
[more...]
Collinsville topples EHS
Posted: September 26,
2008
On Thursday, the Tigers dominated the run of play
against Southwestern Conference rival Collinsville,
sending chance after chance into the Kahok goal box.
But nothing would go in.
[more...]
Hockey Tigers cruise past Longhorns
Posted: September 26,
2008
A winning trend continued for the Edwardsville
Tigers on Wednesday afternoon at the Winston Brown
Track and Field Complex with a 9-0 shellacking of
the Parkway West Longhorns.
[more...]
Harriers pick up sweep
Posted: September 25,
2008
A streak of 25 consecutive wins over the
Collinsville Kahoks came to an end Friday night for
the Edwardsville Tigers. And it came to an end in
daunting fashion. “I’ve been in this 21 years and
I’ve never been a part of anything like this,” said
EHS coach Mark Bliss. “Anything that could go wrong,
went wrong.”
[more...]
Kahoks snap streak
Posted: September 25,
2008
A streak of 25 consecutive wins over the
Collinsville Kahoks came to an end Friday night for
the Edwardsville Tigers. And it came to an end in
daunting fashion. “I’ve been in this 21 years and
I’ve never been a part of anything like this,” said
EHS coach Mark Bliss. “Anything that could go wrong,
went wrong.”
[more...]
EHS serves past Kahoks
Posted: September 25,
2008
A young and inexperienced Edwardsville Tiger
girls’ tennis team has taken a few lumps this
season. But the key, according to Tiger coach David
Lipe, is that whether through a win or a loss, his
team has continued to get better as the season as
progressed.
[more...]
Tigers start conference season with victory
Posted: September 25,
2008
The Edwardsville Tigers began their Southwestern
Conference season on a high note Thursday. The
Tigers cruised to a 25-10, 25-10 road victory over
the Granite City Warriors in a match that lasted
just 40 minutes.
[more...]
Tiger runners sweep own invite
Posted: September 25,
2008
The Edwardsville Tiger boys and girls cross
country teams both snatched first place on Saturday
in the 43rd annual Edwardsville Invitational at the
SIUE Course.
[more...]
Tigers extend streak
Posted: September 25,
2008
The Edwardsville Tiger boys’ golf team extended
its dual match winning streak to 60 on Monday,
topping Belleville Althoff and Mascoutah at Oak
Brook Golf Club. Edwardsville, which improved to
11-0 on the season, finished at 156, easily
outdistancing the Crusaders (164) and the Indians
(174).
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